Coffee has initially been a food โ chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
flittered
simple past tense and past participle of flitter
Source: Wiktionary
Flit"ter, v. i.
Definition: To flutter. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Flit"ter, v. t.
Definition: To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.] Lowell.
Flit"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]
Definition: A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 November 2024
(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; โPlease erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!โ
Coffee has initially been a food โ chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.